Siphon-bung



(No Model.)

G. C. FEELING.

SIPHON BUNG.

No. 418,423. Patented Deo. 81, 1889.

S F. no no fr. N l W TTR/VEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE C. PEELING, OF LOCK HAVEN, PENNSYLVANIA.

SlPHON-BUNG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 418,423, dated December 31, 1889. Application filed March l5, 1889. Serial No.4 303,376. (No model.)

T0 @ZZ whom il; may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE C. FEELING, of Lock Haven, in the county of Clinton and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Siphon-Bling, of which the tollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to furnish a new and improved bung having a siphon attachment for exhausting a barrel, keg, or other vessel of its contents.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of parts, as hereinafter particularly described, and defined in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure lis a perspective View of a bung and attachments embodying my invention, as employed in connection with a barrel, a portion of the latter bein g broken away. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional elevation without the barrel. Fig. 3 is a plan View of the bung with the liquid-escape pipe removed, and Fig. 4. is a sectional plan view of a modified form of head for the liquid-escape pipe.

Referring to the parts, the bung A is con-` structed of the usual tapering form, preferably of metal, with a face a on `its outer end at one side of the center for receiving the blows of a hammer in inserting the bung in a barrel, keg, or Cask B. The bung is bored or otherwise formed with a longitudinal hole a to receive a pipe or tube C for the escape of the liquid contents of a barrel or other vessel, and the said pipe is provided at its lower end with a detachable strainer C and at its upper end with a head C2, which head may be formed with two, three, four, or more branch ways or passages c, each of which is provided with a cock o', and is adapted to receive a hose C3, for conveying the liquid to bottles, as D, or to other suitable vessels.`

The pipe C is longitudinally movable in the bung A to enable its lower end to be projected from said bung sufiieiently to reach the bottom of the barrel or other vessel, and the pipe at its upper end is packed or tightened in the bung to form a tight joint by a gland or packing-nut c2.

The upper end of the pipe C is protected from the blows of the hammer in driving homethe bung by a guard A', that projects from the upper end of the bung between the hole a and face a.. The bung is also formed with an air-inlet passage A2, that extends nward in essentially a horizontal direction, as shown, beneath the face a, and then downward at a right angle, or approximately so, to the inner end of the bung, the said air-passage being provided with a cock a4 for controlling the same, and with a tube or hose a2, which in practice will be itted with a mouthpiece. The lower or inner end of the bung is formed with an annular flange a3 for'holding in place on the bung the rubber or other elastic covering A3, which forms a tight joint between the bung and the walls of thebunghole.

In operation, the siphon is started by blow ing into the barrel or other vessel through the tube or hose a2 to an extent to fill the pipe C and its connected hose Cawith the liquid of the vessel, after which the device operates in the same manner as the ordinary Siphon. By forming the air-inlet as shownthat is, terminating at its upper end in a lateral direction below the face of the bung, the said outer end is protected from injury in driving the bung home, and the attached hose a2 will be out of the way.

The passage a of the bung, in which the pipe C is tted, is enlarged at its lower end,

vas at a4, to receive within it the strainer attachment C', and protect the latter fromr injury When the pipe C is not lowered into the operative position.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The bung A, formed on top with a driving face a, a longitudinal bore o", to one side of said bore a valved air-inlet passage through the bung below the face a, and the adjustable pipe C, extending through the bore a and having a cock at its upper end,

substantially as set forth.

2. The bung A, formed on top with a driving-face a, longitudinal bore a to one side thereof and terminating at its lower end in the enlargement at, the valved air-inlet pas sage A2, extending upwardly. and outwardly through the bung below the face c., the ad- IOO 2 v v ,f 418,423

' und havin@` a strainer C on its lower end 4. The combination, with u bung formed' with driving-face d and liquid longitudinal aperture d', and guard A, of the outletftube O, tted in said aperture d', substantially as 15 j ustztble tube C, passed through the bore a adapted to enter the enlargement d4 of the bore and be protected thereby, and a cock at the upper end of the tube, substantially as described. set forth.

3. The bung formed with t driving-face, GEORGE C. FEELING. an air-inlet, and an outlet forl the liquid, the said outlet and driving-fece being separated Witnesses:

A. W. BRUNGARD,

by a vertically-projecting flange or guard A',

JAMES A. WENsEL.

substantially as described. l 

